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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt b/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt index 8a09d2274fb..05d2f96544a 100644 --- a/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt +++ b/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Samba now fully supports browsing. The browsing is supported by nmbd and is also controlled by options in the smb.conf file (see smb.conf(5)). -Samba can act as a browse master for a workgroup, but currently cannot -act as a domain controller. The ability to be a domain controller will -be added in a later version. +Samba can act as a browse master for a workgroup and the ability for +samba to support domain logons and scripts is now available with features +still being added. See DOMAIN.txt for more information . To get browsing to work you need to run nmbd as usual, but will need to use the "workgroup" option in smb.conf to control what workgroup @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A simple lmhosts file might be: # # first put ourselves in workgroup MYGROUP using # our own net address -0.0.0.0 MYGROUP G +0.0.0.0 MYGROUP 255.255.255.0 G Note in the above that I overrode what workgroup Samba is in using the G flag. Also note that the 0.0.0.0 address is used, which will be @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ the network which has a broadcast of 192.0.3.255 then this entry would do the trick: # put ourselves in the STAFF workgroup on the other subnet -192.0.3.255 STAFF G +192.0.3.255 STAFF 255.255.255.0 G Notice the G at the end! It is very important you include this as this entry without the G could cause a broadcast storm! @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ have a valid guest account. Also, a lot of people are getting bitten by the problem of too many parameters on the command line of nmbd in inetd.conf. This trick is to not use spaces between the option and the parameter (eg: -d2 instead -of -d 2), and to not use the -B and -N options. New versions of nmbd +Of -d 2), and to not use the -B and -N options. New versions of nmbd are now far more likely to correctly find your broadcast and network addess, so in most cases these aren't needed. @@ -142,4 +142,12 @@ the -B option. This only works if your network setup listens on both 0s and 1s based broadcasts. The -B option can only control what address it sends to, not what it listens on. +MULTIPLE INTERFACES +=================== + +Samba now supports machines with multiple network interfaces. If you +have multiple interfaces then you will need to use the "interfaces" +option in smb.conf to configure them. See smb.conf(5) for details. + + |